Where Have I Been...

Did you miss me? Or did you not even notice I haven't been around
much lately?! So here's the scoop. I've been to court. Frequently. The
summons came a couple of months ago letting me know my life would
soon be put on hold, hijacked for the month of April.

Jury Duty calls.

Anyone else had to do this? This was my first time and it was not an
enjoyable experience. But it was my civic duty. So they told me in the
15 minute video we had to watch on the first day of reporting. On
the UP side I can expect a LARGE check for my services. $15 a day is
the going rate in my State. The Judge said they have been trying to get
us jurors a pay raise since the 1950's. So much for inflation. No trickle
down for those that actually OBEY the law.

I got the PRIVILEGE of sitting on one trial. I thought perhaps I would
have feelings of guilt about finding someone guilty. But I didn't. Not
when you have to go with the interpretation of the law. It was a rather
mundane trial with a malicious mischief charge, which was fine with me.
I would NOT want to sit on a more serious case like a murder or a rape.
I think it would be heartbreaking. Kudos to all those jurors who have had
to do so, you have earned my deepest respect.

Yes, it was rather boring, the most excitement came when the Judge
practically yelled at the defense attorney once. It was all I could do to
keep from grinning. Pathetic huh? I am one of those people who
sometimes laugh when people fall too. I wasn't alone though, it amused
some of the other jurors also. The seats were comfortable though, perhaps
a bit too much, I almost fell asleep once, I just could NOT keep my eyes
open! The bailiff told us he had a woman recently who DID fall asleep.
He had to keep passing her cups of water!

So I am finally done! The phone recording telling you that you have been
excused for the rest of the month is like being let out of school for the
Summer. SWEET FREEDOM! Next week there is no court due to a
conference the Judges have to attend, thank goodness. Now I just have to
see when I get summoned again. They say it's a random computer draw,
hopefully the computer will give me a grace period, say 5 to 10 years.

I can't completely blame the court system for my lack of blogging
though. I have recently become addicted to an online game I just
discovered called Bricks. It's where I have been going when I
turn on the computer, instead of to the blogs. Oops.

Have any of you heard of the site I found it on... All My Favs.
My Aunt emailed the site to me last year and it's amazing. It has tons
of popular sites for games, weather, maps, video sites, search engines,
news, shopping, magazines, movies, blogs, and recipes and so much
more. I highly recommend it.

Also on the horizon, this weekend to be exact, is moving day for All That
Jazz. When we moved into our booth we were upstairs in the loft tucked
away in a corner. After only a month the opportunity came to move
downstairs into a bigger booth so we snatched it up. It costs more, but we
are hoping to make up for it in sales since we will be in a more prominent
location, closer to the cash register, hee hee!

So I hope to get back into the groove and plan to spend some time
catching up with you all. Thanks for sticking with me through this
post, it was a bit long-winded for me I KNOW!